Message on the Award of the American Chemical Society's Priestley Medal to Francis P. Garvan.
September 11, 1929
[Released September 11, 1929. Dated September 10, 1929]
I AM glad to be among those who congratulate both Mr. Garvan and the American Chemical Society upon the award of the Priestley Medal.
HERBERT HOOVER
Note: The message was sent to Charles L. Parsons, American Chemical Society, Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Garvan, a lawyer, received the American Chemical Society's highest award for his knowledge of German and Austrian dye patents.
Herbert Hoover, Message on the Award of the American Chemical Society's Priestley Medal to Francis P. Garvan. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207076